ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49111
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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 1945 |
| Time: | 10:55 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | PL252 |
| MSN: | VZ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hooge Wijst, Heesch, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | B.88 Heesch |
Operation / Armed Recce
Engine failed, abandoned. F/O. W. Cowan did not survive and rests at the Groesbeek RCAF cemetery in Gelderland.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T5289&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 July 1944 | MK199 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | 20 Miles SE of Caen |  |
w/o |
| 2 August 1944 | MJ304 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 0 | 20 miles west of Alencon, near Les Chapelles | |
sub |
| 25 September 1944 | NH322 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 0 | 2 km northeast of Elsendorp, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 1 October 1944 | ML351 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | along the Osseweg road, Heesch, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 19 November 1944 | PV245 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Lippramsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia |  |
w/o |
| 19 November 1944 | PL204 | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF | 1 | Lippramsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Sep-2013 04:10 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2015 18:42 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 04-Jun-2015 16:10 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2020 08:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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